Tar Sands Pipes aren't just for out west- plans to pipe this shit through Vermont and Maine are

[cali]

in the... pipeline.

Joel Banner Baird, Free Press Staff Writer



A tar sands oil developer might be planning to pipe its product to Montreal — and then across Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom in an existing pipeline to Portland, Maine, according to Canadian and American environmental groups.

That threatens the region’s air, water and wildlife habitat, the environmentalists say.

According to a story in Friday’s Montreal Gazette, the plan is to ship tar sands crude through a pipeline to Montreal. It was not clear whether the oil would be refined in Montreal, or whether it would be shipped south in its crude form. An existing pipeline carries oil from Portland, Maine, to Montreal. It passes through the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

According to the Gazette, the pipeline company is considering reversing the flow through that pipeline, so it could carry product from Montreal to Portland. Jake Brown, a spokesman for the Vermont Natural Resources Council, said if the U.S. pipeline were to carry tar sands crude, that would be of concern because of the possibility of a pipeline rupture.

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1. The Oligarchy loves to wreck/destroy the country, they really get off on

that, and fattening their wallets along the way, it's all a giant orgy to them. One giant CF fest. And killing any living thing in their way.

[Pooka Fey]

2. WTF. Damn these people.

[GKirk]

3. Aren't they just pumping

crude oil at this point? It's just that it was derived from tar sands.

[progressoid]

5. Nope.

From the article:

Tar sands oil is typically pumped at higher temperatures and pressures than traditionally extracted oil; it also contains more caustic and abrasive impurities. Those qualities increase wear and tear on pipelines, and are thought to be responsible for serious ruptures and spills in Alberta and Michigan.

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4. Ruh roh. It's one thing to run it through red states but...

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